Kings Arms

first leased in 1837 .. bought by Young & Co. in 1885 … rebuilt in brick around 1899/1900

Source: page 75 of Helen Osborne’s book “Inn and Around – London A History of Young’s Pubs”.

The Land Registry freehold title is SY40253, which was registered in 1940. The current owner (as of 2017) is the Ram Pub Company, of Riverside House, 26 Osiers Road, Wandsworth SW18 1NH. Previously this was Young & Co. Brewery plc, but after they sold the brewery site in Wandsworth, and then their shares in the Wells & Youngs brewery, the company no longer brewed beer, and is now a pubco.

The building was locally listed in February 1992 by the London Borough of Merton.

Landlords

1851 : Mrs Elizabeth WORTLEY

1867 : John HALL

1885 to 1895 : Charles GOULD

1903 : Albert Hadsworth TUPPER

1911 to 1915 : Henry and Emma Francis MOORE

1922 : H. MOORE

1925 : Charles A. HUDSON

1930 : William A. JONES

1969 : A. LANHAM

1971 : ‘Nobby’ FERGUSON

???? to 1990 : Ellen and Fred WESTCOTE

When the Mitcham Fair was held at the Fair Green, this pub can bee seen in the background of the opening ceremony. British Pathe have posted newsreel videos to youtube such as this one from 1922, which shows ‘H. MOORE’ as the licensee: